Love the Ford acronyms.

One of the best things I ever read making the case for being faithful to your wife (or husband too, I guess):

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The one a few months back when the woman calling in had her phone cut out, and when she was asked what she did it sounded like she said "I'm a horse" cracked me up. She actually said "I'm a horse trainer," but the "trainer" wasn't picked up.

He did. I remember at the time that was regarded as a brilliant catch phrase. That it  contradicted reality, well…

And he's gonna lose his hair much, much younger than he thinks.

A few years ago I was temporarily unemployed after getting laid off from a job I'd had for 10 years. So, the scene of Skinner picking out the detergents hit uncomfortably close to home for me… That's really how you feel at first. You stretch out fairly banal errands and tasks in a vain attempt to feel you're being…

I'm wondering more and more about this.

Agreed. Although there are other Mad Men message boards, the AV Club's is superior.

Was just now able to get to the board, and am too impatient to spend an hour reading through just to see if this is addressed, so…

Don't know if this has been mentioned already, but….

Re-saw Lemon of Troy recently. It struck me how in that episode Martin Prince was his usual nerdy self, but he also showed a surprising willingness to kick some ass. The look he gives when the Shelbyville kids first approach the Springfield kids seems to say, 'You got a fucking problem?'

Totally, followed by the thought that now all of his "writing" and "artwork" would be elevated to that exalted post-humous status.

"The Ask" was a worth-it read, but goddamned was it so relentlessly cynical and loser-ish (in the sense of the narrator being a loser). I do enjoy that, to an extent, but there was just no redemption there. It was hard to identify with the narrator.

"Homeland" was kind of hit or miss, IMO, but even several years after reading it I still chuckle at the Famous White Rapper in the elevator, and his exchange with Teabag.

They have a great sense of humor… Just saw them a few months ago, and Dickinson was bad-mouthing the venue (deservedly) and made a reference, jokingly, to "Spinal Tap."

I liked it less than "Centennial," but it was still pretty good. Of course, I'm also partial because I've lived my whole life in the Centennial State.

James Michener's "Centennial"

I might be inclined to agree, but, having re-watched it recently, I remembered how weird and out of place the segment of violence seemed. Again, I just found it out of place with the rest of the movie… I guess the Tarantino effect had taken hold of movies by that point.

It's so ironic that one of the pop music's funniest lyricists is also one of humankind's most humorless people.